Apache mod-rewrite htaccess - dynamic url with parameters

Question

I'm trying to get the following dynamic URL:

http://example.com/pdfs/viewpdf?id=1494

To be rewritten in the browser's address bar:

http://example.com/pdfs/1494/1494.pdf

Basically, the user is entering in a request to view a PDF that is available on the file/web server and based on the ID number provided, the URL is rewritten to go and retrieve the document from a sub-folder under DOCUMENT_ROOT/pdfs/ whose folder name matches the ID provided along with the PDF filename matching the same ID. What can I try next? Everything I've tried does not work.

Amit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-26 02:42:07Z

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Try the following rule in root/.htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
#1 Iteration)Redirect "/pdfs/viewpdf/?id=123" to "/pdfs/123/123.pdf"
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /pdfs/viewpdf/?\?id=([^&\s]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /pdfs/%1/%1.pdf? [L,R]
#2 iteration) internally map "/pdfs/123/123.pdf" to "/pdfs/viewpdf/?id=123"
RewriteRule ^pdfs/[^/]+/([^.]+)\.pdf$ /pdfs/viewpdf/?id=$1 [L,QSA]

answered Oct 26, 2016 at 2:42

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tfrancois Over a year ago

This worked perfectly for me! Thank you for your help! You helped restore my sanity! LOL.

tfrancois Over a year ago

UPDATE: This worked fine for on a dedicated Red Hat server...but for the life of me, when I tried this exact same file on a DreamHost shared server I'm back at square one. It doesn't work anymore. I've used the above with htaccess Tester @ htaccess.madewithlove.be and it fails there too. It says THE_REQUEST is not supported. Any other suggestions please?

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